A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Summary: Exim could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - exim4: Exim is a mail transport agent Details: It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Exim to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.10 exim4 4.98-1ubuntu2.1 exim4-base 4.98-1ubuntu2.1 eximon4 4.98-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS exim4 4.97-4ubuntu4.3 exim4-base 4.97-4ubuntu4.3 eximon4 4.97-4ubuntu4.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7373-1
CVE-2025-30232
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exim4/4.98-1ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exim4/4.97-4ubuntu4.3
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